As I write this, I am half-watching the Michigan State-Pittsburgh football game on ESPN. I have no rooting interest in this game whatsoever. It’s just the most interesting game I found when I sat down at noon to watch football. […]
College football started tonight Ohio kid pulls awesome prank, gets suspended (make sure you check out the YouTube) Wii adds Beirut to its bastion of goodness To quote Yakof Smirnoff (or whatever his name was), “What a country!”
Fantasy football has taken off the past few years. I have played it in some form for I don’t know how long, but it hasn’t been as pervasive until recently. This year, I think I’ll be in two leagues – […]
I am really glad I listened to a little of Schrutebag‘s (Colin Cowherd) show on ESPN Radio today. If I hadn’t, I wouldn’t have known that the Georgia medical examiner is incompetant because he says you can’t use Chris Benoit’s […]
Most readers probably think that the life of a regular guy is filled with glamour. In a rare look into my world, here’s a brief diary of last weekend when Maria and Bridget left me to my own devices for […]
Sometimes when you spend money, don’t you feel like just throwing it down the sewer? I mean, aren’t there purchases or investment decisions that you know will go wrong even before you hand over your money? That’s exactly how I […]
I fear for my sanity. Can anyone tell me what I have gotten myself into? I signed up to coach my daughter’s soccer team. I entered into this fray willingly. I actually ticked off several boxes for volunteer options when […]
Now that the Olympics have started, Americans can put on display the thing they do better than anyone else in the world. Whining. I love a good chance to complain as much as the next guy, maybe even more, but […]
I don’t know what to do today. Well, I’ll naturally go to a Super Bowl party and eat too much. That’s a given. But I don’t know what to do during the game. I might actually have to root for […]
Like anyone who has lost a parent, I have gone through all the stages of grief. When we celebrated Christmas recently, I learned how hard the anger stage can really be. I’m not mad at my mother or her doctors […]